Flag-staff holder



G.W. BERT & L. WIDMAYER. FLAG STAFF HOLDER.

No. 466,960. Patented Jan. 12, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAVE W. BERT AND LOUIS WVIDMAYER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FLAG-STAFF HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,960, dated January12, 1892.

Application filed July 27, 1891. Serial No. 400,783. (No model.)

To aZl whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GUSTAVE W. BERT and LOUIS WIDMAYER, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flag-Staff Holders; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to a novel construction in a holder forflag-staffs, the object being to provide a device of this character ofsimple, durable, and inexpensive construction.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinationof parts hereinafter fully described and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating our invention, Figure 1 is aside elevation, partly in section, of a flag-staff holder constructed inaccordance with our invention and showingaflag-staff holder thereby.Fig. 2 is atop plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a modified form ofconstruction embodying our invention.

Referring to said drawings, A indicates the base of the flag-staff, andB the supportingarm extending therefrom. In the drawings we have shownthe said base A as provided with one supporting-arm; but it will beclearly understood that any number of arms can extend from said base, asmay be found convenient.

The base A is provided with screw-holes, one of which can be secured toanother support, and the arm 13 desirably extends in anupwardly-inclined direction when said base is secured to the horizontalsupport. The arm 13 is curved or concave in cross-section to receive aflag-staff in said concave portion. The teeth or projections 2 areformed, which serve to bite into the flagstaff and form a firm andsubstantial connection between the flag-staff and arm. It will also benoticed that the teeth 2 are located on either side of acenter linedrawn through the arm, so that a flag-staff can be centered, as it.were, between the two lines of teeth. The said flag-staff is secured tothe frame by means of a ring 0, which embraces the arm and theflag-staff,

and can be wedged or secured in position by being slipped or forcedoutwardly, owing to the pitch or gradual increase in thickness of thelower portion or edge I) of said arm. This is illustrated in Fig. 1,where it will be seen that when the ring is in the position shown by thedotted lines it can be moved forwardly; but by raising the pitch of saidlower edge of the arm it will gradually be wedged thereon, as shown infull lines, and when wedged with considerable force will cause the teethin the concave portion of the arm to bite into the flag-staff, and willthereby form a firm and rigid holderor support for said flagstafi. As afurther and separate improvement, the lower inclined edge D of said armis roughened, notched, or-serrated, as shown at 3, whereby the ring willbe held with greater certainty in its wedged position.

In Fig. 3 is shown a modified form of construction embodying ourinvention. In this construction the base A is provided with a pluralityof arms B. In the instance illustrated two arms B are shown as extendingfrom the base A; but it will be understood that in accordance with ourinvention any number of arms could be employed, as found convenient.

It will be noted that various changes and modifications can be made inthis constructionwithout departing from the spirit of our invention. Forinstance, when made to receive a small flag-staff the base A could bemade smaller and straight, and the end of the ring could be slipped overthe rear end of the arm, and the forward end of the arm could be made toprevent the ring from passing off the end of the same. It will befurther noted that the base can be secured in any position, and need notnecessarily be secured upon a horizontal support. Said base, therefore,could be made flat on both sides, and the openings therein could becountersunk on both sides, so that, for instance, the flag-staff holdercould be secured to the bottom, top, or sides of a window-frame.

\Ve claim as our inventionl. A flag-staff holder having an arm providedwith teeth or projections for engaging a flag-staff, a ring embracingsaid flag-staif, and arm and means for wedging the same.

2. A flag-stafi holder having an arm prorated inclined edge and theflag-staff upon IO vided with an inclined edge, and a ring sursaid arm.rounding said arm and adapted to wedge upon In testimony whereof weaffix our signatures said inclined edge and the flag-staff upon said inpresence of two Witnesses.

arm. GUSTAVE W. BERT.

8. A flag-staff holder having an arm pro- LOUIS WIDMAYER. vided with aroughened or serrated inclined Witnesses: edge, and a ring surroundingsaid arm and HARRY COBB KENNEDY,

adapted to wedge upon said roughened orser- OTTO LU'EBKERT;

